Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
More Annotations
A complete backup of https://collectplus.co.uk
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://lexsynergy.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://marcotogni.it
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://park-der-gaerten.de
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://peacehall.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://unicre.pt
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://rrts.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://carcornershop.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://slideslive.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://bestbuy-jobs.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://nwas.org
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of https://aercap.com
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Favourite Annotations
A complete backup of www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/mamata-banerjee-on-tapas-pal-death-we-will-miss-the-supersta
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of www.tv2.no/a/11218953/
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/futbol-mundial/ver-en-vivo-huracan-vs-atletico-nacional-horarios-senal-de-tv-y-
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
A complete backup of www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/stock-market-today-live.html
Are you over 18 and want to see adult content?
Text
The
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH WORDS Here is a list of some of the more difficult English words from our articles. Every page has a definition in simple English, information on how to pronounce the word, and lots of example sentences so that you know how to use it. INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. LEARNING ENGLISH WITH ADVENTURE GAMES What is an adventure game? An adventure game is a kind of computer game which is similar to a movie. There is always a story and the main character (usually a person, such as a detective or a pirate). The difference is that you don’t just watch — instead, you control the main character.You use your mouse or keyboard, and your character moves around in the game world, looks at things, picks WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
HOW TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES IN ENGLISH Learners make mistakes and reinforce them because they produce sentences (1) too carelessly or (2) too early. You will avoid mistakes if you follow a couple of rules: DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT MISTAKES A large chunk of this knowledge is, of course, vocabulary. To speak English fluently, you have to know the meanings and pronunciations of at least 10,000 words and phrases (for comparison, the average college student in the US knows about 20,000 words). But while most learners realize vocabulary is a major area that requires a lot of attention BESIDES ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU MOST WANT TO LEARN Euskara. M56 Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm GMT. Elly. < think the most used language after the english language is the french > but I d rather learn the spanish one >. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion) English (480 million) Spanish (320 million) Russian (285 million) French (265million)
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN ACCENT, WHATS THE DIFFERENCE The most important difference between Canadian and American English is that Canadian English is universally very crisp and clean (I've heard some remarkably well spoken construction workers in that country). American English tends to be less precise, with a lot of dropped "t"s and lazy consonants. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH WORDS Here is a list of some of the more difficult English words from our articles. Every page has a definition in simple English, information on how to pronounce the word, and lots of example sentences so that you know how to use it. INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. LEARNING ENGLISH WITH ADVENTURE GAMES What is an adventure game? An adventure game is a kind of computer game which is similar to a movie. There is always a story and the main character (usually a person, such as a detective or a pirate). The difference is that you don’t just watch — instead, you control the main character.You use your mouse or keyboard, and your character moves around in the game world, looks at things, picks WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do: read a book in English for an hour every day, analyzing the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary. listen to an audiobook or other recording in English, stopping itfrequently
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice HOW TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES IN ENGLISH Learners make mistakes and reinforce them because they produce sentences (1) too carelessly or (2) too early. You will avoid mistakes if you follow a couple of rules: WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT MISTAKES A large chunk of this knowledge is, of course, vocabulary. To speak English fluently, you have to know the meanings and pronunciations of at least 10,000 words and phrases (for comparison, the average college student in the US knows about 20,000 words). But while most learners realize vocabulary is a major area that requires a lot of attention BESIDES ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU MOST WANT TO LEARN Euskara. M56 Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm GMT. Elly. < think the most used language after the english language is the french > but I d rather learn the spanish one >. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion) English (480 million) Spanish (320 million) Russian (285 million) French (265million)
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN ACCENT, WHATS THE DIFFERENCE The most important difference between Canadian and American English is that Canadian English is universally very crisp and clean (I've heard some remarkably well spoken construction workers in that country). American English tends to be less precise, with a lot of dropped "t"s and lazy consonants. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is WHAT LANGUAGES SHOULD A WELL-EDUCATED INDIVIDUAL SPEAK Let me start. An American should speak either French, German or Italian, have a familiarity with Old and Middle English, and perhaps know a more exotic tongue, like Russian, Japanese or Arabic. DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH WORDS Here is a list of some of the more difficult English words from our articles. Every page has a definition in simple English, information on how to pronounce the word, and lots of example sentences so that you know how to use it. INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. LEARNING ENGLISH WITH ADVENTURE GAMES What is an adventure game? An adventure game is a kind of computer game which is similar to a movie. There is always a story and the main character (usually a person, such as a detective or a pirate). The difference is that you don’t just watch — instead, you control the main character.You use your mouse or keyboard, and your character moves around in the game world, looks at things, picks WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do: read a book in English for an hour every day, analyzing the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary. listen to an audiobook or other recording in English, stopping itfrequently
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice HOW TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES IN ENGLISH Learners make mistakes and reinforce them because they produce sentences (1) too carelessly or (2) too early. You will avoid mistakes if you follow a couple of rules: WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT MISTAKES A large chunk of this knowledge is, of course, vocabulary. To speak English fluently, you have to know the meanings and pronunciations of at least 10,000 words and phrases (for comparison, the average college student in the US knows about 20,000 words). But while most learners realize vocabulary is a major area that requires a lot of attention BESIDES ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU MOST WANT TO LEARN Euskara. M56 Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm GMT. Elly. < think the most used language after the english language is the french > but I d rather learn the spanish one >. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion) English (480 million) Spanish (320 million) Russian (285 million) French (265million)
CANADIAN AND AMERICAN ACCENT, WHATS THE DIFFERENCE The most important difference between Canadian and American English is that Canadian English is universally very crisp and clean (I've heard some remarkably well spoken construction workers in that country). American English tends to be less precise, with a lot of dropped "t"s and lazy consonants. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemAMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
ME AND SUPERMEMO
ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seemAMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
ME AND SUPERMEMO
DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH WORDS Here is a list of some of the more difficult English words from our articles. Every page has a definition in simple English, information on how to pronounce the word, and lots of example sentences so that you know how to use it. LEARNING ENGLISH WITH ADVENTURE GAMES What is an adventure game? An adventure game is a kind of computer game which is similar to a movie. There is always a story and the main character (usually a person, such as a detective or a pirate). The difference is that you don’t just watch — instead, you control the main character.You use your mouse or keyboard, and your character moves around in the game world, looks at things, picks INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION HELP This information is the phonetic transcription or pronunciation. If you read it, you will know how to pronounce a word. On Antimoon, phonetic transcription (pronunciation) is written in two alphabets: the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ) and the ASCII PhoneticAlphabet . The
HOW TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES IN ENGLISH Learners make mistakes and reinforce them because they produce sentences (1) too carelessly or (2) too early. You will avoid mistakes if you follow a couple of rules: WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT MISTAKES A large chunk of this knowledge is, of course, vocabulary. To speak English fluently, you have to know the meanings and pronunciations of at least 10,000 words and phrases (for comparison, the average college student in the US knows about 20,000 words). But while most learners realize vocabulary is a major area that requires a lot of attention PHONETIC ALPHABETS REFERENCE antimoon.com Advice and help for serious English learners Phonetic alphabets reference The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries. The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION « THE Things you should know about phonetic transcription. It is natural to assume that phonetic transcriptions are precise instructions on how to pronounce English words. I remember a time when I thought so, too. Over the years, I have realized that they are more like statistics: they can lie, and when they don’t lie, they don’t tell the whole BESIDES ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU MOST WANT TO LEARN Euskara. M56 Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm GMT. Elly. < think the most used language after the english language is the french > but I d rather learn the spanish one >. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion) English (480 million) Spanish (320 million) Russian (285 million) French (265million)
ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seem WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
ME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF SPOKEN ENGLISH The importance of spoken English. It is harder to understand spoken English than written English. There are two reasons for this: Speech is continuous. There are no pauses between words, so when you don’t understand something, you don’t know if it’s one word, two words, or maybe part of a word. People sometimes talk fast, unclearly or in WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Because in English, the choice between 1, 2 and 3 is functionally important – it can determine the meaning you express. As an example, consider three words: come, calm and cam ( short for “camera” ). The only audible difference between them is that come has 1 , calm has 2, and cam has 3 . Why do some sounds seem similar, while others seem WHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSES Grammar exercises have two functions: 1) they make you review the grammar rules, 2) they test your English. The first function is useless because grammar rules are useless (see previous section). The second function, testing, is okay if you want to compare your knowledge with other people. But testing does not teach you anyEnglish.
DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
ME AND SUPERMEMO
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH WORDS Here is a list of some of the more difficult English words from our articles. Every page has a definition in simple English, information on how to pronounce the word, and lots of example sentences so that you know how to use it. LEARNING ENGLISH WITH ADVENTURE GAMES What is an adventure game? An adventure game is a kind of computer game which is similar to a movie. There is always a story and the main character (usually a person, such as a detective or a pirate). The difference is that you don’t just watch — instead, you control the main character.You use your mouse or keyboard, and your character moves around in the game world, looks at things, picks INTRODUCTION TO SPACED-REPETITION SOFTWARE (SRS) Unfortunately, there is a catch: vocabulary notebooks get large pretty quickly. After a few months, the size of your notebook will probably exceed 1,000 words. At 4 seconds per review, it will take over an hour to review all the words! This is why everyone stops reviewing their notebook soon after they start. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice HOW TO AVOID MAKING MISTAKES IN ENGLISH Learners make mistakes and reinforce them because they produce sentences (1) too carelessly or (2) too early. You will avoid mistakes if you follow a couple of rules: PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION HELP This information is the phonetic transcription or pronunciation. If you read it, you will know how to pronounce a word. On Antimoon, phonetic transcription (pronunciation) is written in two alphabets: the International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA ) and the ASCII PhoneticAlphabet . The
WHY IT’S SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITHOUT MISTAKES A large chunk of this knowledge is, of course, vocabulary. To speak English fluently, you have to know the meanings and pronunciations of at least 10,000 words and phrases (for comparison, the average college student in the US knows about 20,000 words). But while most learners realize vocabulary is a major area that requires a lot of attention PHONETIC ALPHABETS REFERENCE antimoon.com Advice and help for serious English learners Phonetic alphabets reference The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries. The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION « THE Things you should know about phonetic transcription. It is natural to assume that phonetic transcriptions are precise instructions on how to pronounce English words. I remember a time when I thought so, too. Over the years, I have realized that they are more like statistics: they can lie, and when they don’t lie, they don’t tell the whole BESIDES ENGLISH, WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU MOST WANT TO LEARN Euskara. M56 Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:40 pm GMT. Elly. < think the most used language after the english language is the french > but I d rather learn the spanish one >. Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billion) English (480 million) Spanish (320 million) Russian (285 million) French (265million)
ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSESHOW CAN LEARN ENGLISH EASILYHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGEHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH SPEAKINGWAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH WELLHOW I CAN LEARN ENGLISHHOW DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
ABOUT ANTIMOON
THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives: The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionaries for English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic system with a few additional symbols.. The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol. HOW TO BUY A GOOD ENGLISH DICTIONARYAMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
FLAP T FAQ | ANTIMOON What is the flap t?. In American English, the /t/ phoneme can be pronounced in several ways, depending on its position within a word or phrase. In some positions, it can be pronounced as the so-called flap t, which sounds like a short d or, more precisely, like the quick, hard r sound heard in some languages, e.g. in Spanish pero or Polish teraz. Here are some audio examples of words which are WHAT’S NEW IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE COLLINS COBUILDSEE MORENEW CONTENT WILL BE ADDED ABOVE THE CURRENT AREA OF FOCUS UPON SELECTIONSEE MORE ON ANTIMOON.COM ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSESHOW CAN LEARN ENGLISH EASILYHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGEHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH SPEAKINGWAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH WELLHOW I CAN LEARN ENGLISHHOW DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
ABOUT ANTIMOON
HOW TO BUY A GOOD ENGLISH DICTIONARY THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives: The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionaries for English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic system with a few additional symbols.. The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol.AMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
FLAP T FAQ | ANTIMOON What is the flap t?. In American English, the /t/ phoneme can be pronounced in several ways, depending on its position within a word or phrase. In some positions, it can be pronounced as the so-called flap t, which sounds like a short d or, more precisely, like the quick, hard r sound heard in some languages, e.g. in Spanish pero or Polish teraz. Here are some audio examples of words which are WHAT’S NEW IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE COLLINS COBUILDSEE MORENEW CONTENT WILL BE ADDED ABOVE THE CURRENT AREA OF FOCUS UPON SELECTIONSEE MORE ON ANTIMOON.COM RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND TEACHERS Resources for English learners and teachers. This custom Google search engine includes only sites which are known to use good English. You can use it to find English example sentences or to check your grammar. Twelve free mp3’s with short stories in clear American English to practice your pronunciation and listening skills. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do: read a book in English for an hour every day, analyzing the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary. listen to an audiobook or other recording in English, stopping itfrequently
INTRODUCTION TO PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION Dictionaries tell you which syllable is stressed. The most popular system is to put a vertical line ( ˈ) before the stressed syllable in the phonetic transcription of the word. For example, the transcription for become is /bɪˈkʌm/ . If a word has only one syllable (examples:pen, watch ),
INPUT — WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU NEED IT This model explains how this is possible: You get input — you read and listen to sentences in some language. If you understand these sentences, they are stored in your brain. More specifically, they are stored in the part of your brain responsible for language. When you want to say or write something in that language (when you want toproduce
FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENGLISH The most important piece of advice for an English learner is to get lots of input. But not all input is the same. There are, roughly speaking, two basic types of English input: formal and informal. Formal English is used in “serious” texts and situations — for example, in official documents, books, news reports, articles, business letters or official speeches. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is POLITICIAN - WORD DEFINITION AND USAGE EXAMPLES politician. A politician is a person who has power in a country, or wants to have power. When a politician is in power, he or she makes important decisions which affect the entire country. Examples of politicians are: senators, ministers, the President, the PrimeMinister, etc.
PHONETIC ALPHABETS REFERENCE antimoon.com Advice and help for serious English learners Phonetic alphabets reference The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries. The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE Javier, thanks for letting me know that. I did not think that Spanish was not sperated that much between written and spoken language, but the person who told me this is a white American whose native tongue is English and is married to a Mexican-American whose nativetongue is English--so things might have got a bit confused on his part. ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSESHOW CAN LEARN ENGLISH EASILYHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGEHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH SPEAKINGWAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH WELLHOW I CAN LEARN ENGLISHHOW DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
ABOUT ANTIMOON
THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives: The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionaries for English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic system with a few additional symbols.. The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol. HOW TO BUY A GOOD ENGLISH DICTIONARYAMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
FLAP T FAQ | ANTIMOON What is the flap t?. In American English, the /t/ phoneme can be pronounced in several ways, depending on its position within a word or phrase. In some positions, it can be pronounced as the so-called flap t, which sounds like a short d or, more precisely, like the quick, hard r sound heard in some languages, e.g. in Spanish pero or Polish teraz. Here are some audio examples of words which are ANTIMOON: HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH EFFECTIVELYOTHER ARTICLESRESOURCESLEARNER REPORTSWHY WE DON’T LIKE ENGLISH CLASSESHOW CAN LEARN ENGLISH EASILYHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGEHOW TO STUDY ENGLISH SPEAKINGWAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH WELLHOW I CAN LEARN ENGLISHHOW DO YOU STUDY ENGLISH The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples.The
ABOUT ANTIMOON
THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH AND THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC This chart contains all the sounds (phonemes) used in the English language. For each sound, it gives: The symbol from the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as used in phonetic transcriptions in modern dictionaries for English learners — that is, in A. C. Gimson’s phonemic system with a few additional symbols.. The chart represents British and American phonemes with one symbol. HOW TO BUY A GOOD ENGLISH DICTIONARYAMERICAN ENGLISH
American English is a kind of the English language which is used in the United States of America. It is one of the two most popular kinds of English in the world (the other one is British English ). The biggest difference between American English and British English is in pronunciation. Differences in vocabulary and grammar are quite small. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH Listen to these three English sounds: 1; 2; 3; Depending on your native language, 1, 2 and 3 may sound like three versions of an “a” sound to you. However, to a native English speaker, 1, 2 and 3 are as different as the colors red, green and blue. Why do native speakers feel that these are three different sounds, not three variations of the same sound? ? Because in English, the choice WHY YOU SHOULD STUDY ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION DEMONSTRATION OF PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION This page shows you how to read and write the phonetic transcriptions of English words. Dictionaries use phonetic transcriptions to tell you how you should pronounce words. All the transcriptions on this page are written in the phonemic system used in most dictionaries forEnglish learners.
FLAP T FAQ | ANTIMOON What is the flap t?. In American English, the /t/ phoneme can be pronounced in several ways, depending on its position within a word or phrase. In some positions, it can be pronounced as the so-called flap t, which sounds like a short d or, more precisely, like the quick, hard r sound heard in some languages, e.g. in Spanish pero or Polish teraz. Here are some audio examples of words which are WHAT’S NEW IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE COLLINS COBUILDSEE MORENEW CONTENT WILL BE ADDED ABOVE THE CURRENT AREA OF FOCUS UPON SELECTIONSEE MORE ON ANTIMOON.COM RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND TEACHERS Resources for English learners and teachers. This custom Google search engine includes only sites which are known to use good English. You can use it to find English example sentences or to check your grammar. Twelve free mp3’s with short stories in clear American English to practice your pronunciation and listening skills. TEST YOUR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION Test your English pronunciation. Do you pronounce basic English words correctly? Take this short test to find out! You will get 1 point for each correct answer. 1. WHAT IS NECESSARY TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL? The fact is, if you want to learn to speak English well, you must change your life. Here are some examples of things you will have to do: read a book in English for an hour every day, analyzing the grammar in sentences and looking up words in an English dictionary. listen to an audiobook or other recording in English, stopping itfrequently
INTRODUCTION TO PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION Dictionaries tell you which syllable is stressed. The most popular system is to put a vertical line ( ˈ) before the stressed syllable in the phonetic transcription of the word. For example, the transcription for become is /bɪˈkʌm/ . If a word has only one syllable (examples:pen, watch ),
INPUT — WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU NEED IT This model explains how this is possible: You get input — you read and listen to sentences in some language. If you understand these sentences, they are stored in your brain. More specifically, they are stored in the part of your brain responsible for language. When you want to say or write something in that language (when you want toproduce
FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENGLISH The most important piece of advice for an English learner is to get lots of input. But not all input is the same. There are, roughly speaking, two basic types of English input: formal and informal. Formal English is used in “serious” texts and situations — for example, in official documents, books, news reports, articles, business letters or official speeches. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION The American transcriptions of words like fur /fɜːr/ and bird /bɜːrd/ suggest you should first say a vowel, ɜː, then add r. In reality, there is no sequence of sounds – to say fur, you should start pronouncing r immediately after f, like so . In other words, fur is /fr̩ː/ and bird is POLITICIAN - WORD DEFINITION AND USAGE EXAMPLES politician. A politician is a person who has power in a country, or wants to have power. When a politician is in power, he or she makes important decisions which affect the entire country. Examples of politicians are: senators, ministers, the President, the PrimeMinister, etc.
PHONETIC ALPHABETS REFERENCE antimoon.com Advice and help for serious English learners Phonetic alphabets reference The IPA column contains the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as used in phonemic transcriptions in modern English dictionaries. The ASCII column shows the corresponding symbol in the Antimoon ASCII Phonetic Alphabet, which can be used to type the pronunciation of words on a computer without the SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE Javier, thanks for letting me know that. I did not think that Spanish was not sperated that much between written and spoken language, but the person who told me this is a white American whose native tongue is English and is married to a Mexican-American whose nativetongue is English--so things might have got a bit confused on his part. Cookies help us deliver our services. By using Antimoon, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn more Got it If you want to learn English well, you cannot rely on English classes. You have to take control of your learning. We’ll show you how to do it in a fun and effective way. HOW TO LEARN ENGLISH A guide to learning English really well. Covers motivation , dictionaries , pronunciation, input , and more.
OTHER ARTICLES
“Why we don’t like English classes ”, “Language learning: Myths and facts ” and other language-related articles.RESOURCES
Aids for English learners and teachers: Correct English Search , free audio recordings , online IPAkeyboard , etc.
LEARNER REPORTS
Reports from people who are learning, or have learned, English with the Antimoon Method. OLD DISCUSSION FORUM Archived discussions about the English language and languages ingeneral.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Parts of Antimoon have been translated by volunteers into other languages, including Spanish , Portuguese , Korean , Polish &Chinese .
About Antimoon
Information about this site and the people behind it. WHAT’S NEW (TOM’S BLOG) GRAMMAR RULES UPDATE7 Apr 2017
I have rewritten my article on grammar rules. The new article shares almost no text with the old version (except the introduction). Overall, the advice hasn’t changed that much (spoiler: it’s okay to use grammar rules, but only a little). However, the reasoning is improved and there are many more examples. The new version also answers the following questions: * Where do grammar rules come from? How do they differ from the rules of formal systems like programming languages? * Can grammar rules describe a language completely? * Are there any good ways to use grammar rules? Why you shouldn’t rely on grammar rules3 comments
← Why it’s so difficult to speak English without mistakes Subscribe by e-mail or RSS to get notified when we publish a new update. • Contact informationORIGINAL TEXT
Contribute a better translation -------------------------Details
Copyright © 2024 ArchiveBay.com. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | DMCA | 2021 | Feedback | Advertising | RSS 2.0